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2012 Belgian Formula 1 Grand Prix

1st Friday Practice  2nd Friday Practice  Saturday Practice  Qualifying  Race 

 

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Belgian Grand Prix - 2012 - Race
(08/31/2012) 
13:31
NewsOnF1: 
Welcome to our coverage of the 2012 Belgian Grand Prix
13:32
NewsOnF1: 
It is dry and sunny at the Spa circuit. A magnificent day
13:33
NewsOnF1: 
Jenson Button qualified on Pole with Kamui Kobayashi in second and Pastor Maldonado in third
13:34
NewsOnF1: 
A stewards inquiry has since ruled that Maldonado blocked Hulkenberg during Q1 and was penalised 3 grid positions
13:39
NewsOnF1: 
The penalty to Maldonado moves Raikkonen, Perez and Alonso a position up each
13:40
NewsOnF1: 
Mark Webber drops 5 places due to a gearbox change. He starts from 12th
13:41
NewsOnF1: 
Nico Rosberg drops 5 places due to a gearbox change. He starts from 23rd
13:41
NewsOnF1: 
Michael Schumacher starts his 300th Grand Prix from 13th place
13:47
NewsOnF1: 
15 minutes to formation lap
13:48
NewsOnF1: 
The two dry tyre compounds for this race are the medium and hard compounds
13:55
NewsOnF1: 
There appears to be some friction in the McLaren camp with some of Hamilton's tweets being removed by the team. One of Hamilton's tweets today showed his telemetry against that of Button
13:56
NewsOnF1: 
5 minutes to formation lap
13:56
NewsOnF1: 
Air temperature is at 20 degrees while track temperature is at 34 degrees
13:57
NewsOnF1: 
The track temperature is much warmer than it has been yesterday so tyre degredation is pretty much unknown!
13:59
NewsOnF1: 
To make things worse the rain on Friday didn't help anyone. No team could try long runs!
14:00
NewsOnF1: 
The start is always interesting at Spa given the very tight first trun
14:00
NewsOnF1: 
The grid is cleared
14:00
NewsOnF1: 
Formation lap underway
14:01
NewsOnF1: 
Hulkenberg and Rosberg are starting on the hard compound
14:02
NewsOnF1: 
Interesting to see how Kobayashi, Perez and Maldonado will do at the start
14:03
NewsOnF1: 
This is a long formation lap
14:03
NewsOnF1: 
Button arrives at the starting grid
14:04
NewsOnF1: 
A lot of smoke coming out of Kobayashi's brakes!
14:04
NewsOnF1: 
Lights!
14:04
NewsOnF1: 
Big crash!
14:05
NewsOnF1: 
Looked like Maldonado jumped the start
14:06
NewsOnF1: 
Hamilton spun and ran into Alonso and Grosjean
14:06
NewsOnF1: 
And Perez
14:06
NewsOnF1: 
Safety car is out
14:06
NewsOnF1: 
Hamilton, Grosjean and Alonso are out
14:07
NewsOnF1: 
Perez out as well
14:07
NewsOnF1: 
de la Rosa, Kobayashi and Maldonado pit
14:11
NewsOnF1: 
Replay shows Grosjean moving across, him and Hamilton touch both collect Perez and Alonso
14:12
NewsOnF1: 
Safety car still on the track, plenty of debris
14:17
NewsOnF1: 
On replay Alonso very lucky not to being hit in the head by the flying Grosjean
14:17
NewsOnF1: 
Race restarting
14:18
NewsOnF1: 
Button leads from Hulkenberg who passes Raikkonen
14:19
NewsOnF1: 
Maldonado retires and he is under investigation for jumping the start
14:20
NewsOnF1: 
Order on lap 5
14:20
NewsOnF1: 
DRS enabled
14:22
NewsOnF1: 
Button leads Hulkenberg by 4.6 seconds
14:22
NewsOnF1: 
Vettel passes Massa for 10th
14:23
NewsOnF1: 
Webber trying to pass Senna but can't. The Williams in a straight line is quicker!
14:24
NewsOnF1: 
Now Senna is holding up Webber which brings Vettel and Massa into play!
14:25
NewsOnF1: 
At the front, Button extends the lead over Hulkenberg to 5.2 seconds
14:27
NewsOnF1: 
Vettel takes 9th from Webber
14:28
NewsOnF1: 
Vettel trying to pass Senna without success
14:28
NewsOnF1: 
di Resta pits after being passed by Ricciardo
14:29
NewsOnF1: 
Vettel like Webber can't pass Senna in a straight line
14:31
NewsOnF1: 
Webber pits
14:31
NewsOnF1: 
Webber pits
14:33
NewsOnF1: 
Raikkonen pits as well
14:34
NewsOnF1: 
Raikkonen pits as well
14:34
NewsOnF1: 
Raikkonen pits as well
14:34
NewsOnF1: 
Vettel passes Senna
14:35
NewsOnF1: 
Raikkonen who pitted earlier is flying!
14:38
NewsOnF1: 
Vettel passes Vergne for 3rd
14:39
NewsOnF1: 
Button, Schumacher, Vettel, Senna and Rosberg have yet to stop
14:40
NewsOnF1: 
Senna pits
14:41
NewsOnF1: 
Webber takes 7th from Ricciardo
14:44
NewsOnF1: 
Massa takes 8th from Rosberg
14:46
NewsOnF1: 
Schumacher and Vettel nearly touch!
14:46
NewsOnF1: 
Schumacher pits!
14:47
NewsOnF1: 
Button pits
14:49
NewsOnF1: 
Vettel pits
14:51
NewsOnF1: 
It will be interesting to see whether Button, Vettel and Schumacher will do a single stop
14:51
NewsOnF1: 
Button sets the fastest lap so far
14:53
NewsOnF1: 
Vettel now right behind Massa
14:54
NewsOnF1: 
Vettel takes 5th from Massa
14:57
Comment From Michael: 
Where's Webber now
ED - 5th
14:56
NewsOnF1: 
Vettel goes fastest with a 1:54.357
14:57
NewsOnF1: 
Button leads Raikkonen on lap 24 by 10 seconds. Hulkenberg is a further 3.6 behind
15:02
Comment From guest: 
This is settling down to a good race now. Thanks for the coverage. How did Webber survive all that crashing by all the cars around him at the start?
15:00
NewsOnF1: 
Vettel is currently lapping nearly a second quicker than those in front
15:01
NewsOnF1: 
Hulkenberg, Webber and Massa all pit
15:03
NewsOnF1: 
Raikkonen pits
15:04
NewsOnF1: 
Massa takes 9th from Senna
15:06
NewsOnF1: 
Webber is under investigation for unsafe release from the pits
15:08
NewsOnF1: 
Karthikeyan goes off into the gravel
15:09
NewsOnF1: 
Raikkonen takes 3rd from Schumacher
15:10
NewsOnF1: 
Schumacher repasses Raikkonen!
15:11
NewsOnF1: 
Schumacher is holding up Raikkonen and Hulkenberg and Massa
15:13
NewsOnF1: 
Button leads Vettel by 14.6 seconds. Schumacher is a further 15.8 seconds behind
15:13
NewsOnF1: 
Raikkonen very close to Schumacher
15:14
NewsOnF1: 
Raikkonen takes Schumacher at Eau Rouge!
15:15
NewsOnF1: 
And now Hulkenberg takes Schumacher
15:15
NewsOnF1: 
But Schumacher takes the position back!
15:17
NewsOnF1: 
Schumacher pits as Hulkenberg passes him again
15:17
NewsOnF1: 
Massa takes 5th from Webber!
15:18
NewsOnF1: 
The question now is will Button and Vettel be able to finish the race on this set
15:24
NewsOnF1: 
Vergne take 8th from Senna who is on a single stopper
15:26
Comment From jido: 
Can you make a guess wrt Button and Vettel tyres?
ED - Looks like they will last
15:25
NewsOnF1: 
Senna pits
15:29
Comment From guest: 
Who of the top drivers have stopped twice so far?
ED: The number next to the driver in the order on the right denotes number of stops
15:28
NewsOnF1: 
It seems that Button and Vettel have made the one stop work
15:28
NewsOnF1: 
Button starts his 42nd lap
15:28
NewsOnF1: 
Button leads Vettel by 14.3 seconds. Raikkonen is a further 12.8 seconds behind
15:31
NewsOnF1: 
Button starts his 43rd lap
15:32
NewsOnF1: 
Barring a mechanical failure or driver error, the top 3 are fairly safe
15:32
NewsOnF1: 
Button starts the final lap
15:33
NewsOnF1: 
Button wins in Belgium
15:34
NewsOnF1: 
Vettel in second ahead of Raikkonen
15:35
NewsOnF1: 
Race Order
15:37
NewsOnF1: 
Robserg finishes in 11th ahead of Senna, Kobayashi, Petrov, Glock, Pic, Kovalainen and de la Rosa make the rest of the finishers
15:38
Comment From korrekt: 
Fatest lap > Senna 1:52:822
Ed - Indeed, thanks
15:37
NewsOnF1: 
We hope that you have enjoyed our coverage of the race. Next race is next weekend at Monza
15:39
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15:57
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16:55
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Race - Top 10
16:55
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Full race results here

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